Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whose term as prime minister officially ends today, ending just one year later, intends to say goodbye to the world of politics.
According to the Pak Sahafat news agency, quoting the Sputnik website, The Zionist network Kun announced in a report on Sunday evening that Naftali Bennett is thinking of ending his political life. He made the decision after being forced to dissolve the Knesset due to political differences so that his term as prime minister would be only one year.
Kahn continues his report: Bennett has recently held consultations on his political future and is currently preparing for the transfer of power to the caretaker cabinet of Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
Accordingly, Naftali Bennett recently told his advisers that he intends to say goodbye to the political arena in the coming days. He stressed that if he accepts the post of deputy prime minister, he will only be there to advise Yair Lapid on security issues.
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In this regard, many believe that these events mean that Naftali Bennett will not run in the upcoming parliamentary elections, which will probably be determined by the Knesset in October 2022.
The dissolution of the Knesset will be read in the third reading today, Monday, and if it is finally approved, Yair Lapid will be the caretaker Prime Minister from tomorrow, Tuesday.
On Monday last week, Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid announced in a joint statement that they agreed to dissolve the Knesset, according to which Yair Lapid will form a transitional cabinet until new parliamentary elections are held.
The decision came after the Naftali Bennett-Jair Lapid coalition lost a majority of seats in the Knesset, prompting the coalition cabinet to fail to pass bills in the Knesset. The decision also came amid escalating divisions and divisions among the parties participating in the coalition cabinet, which were ideologically inconsistent.